Open-world games are usually about exploration, adventure, and sometimes fighting terrifying monsters. But every now and then, developers throw a curveball—a cute little critter that’s way too ...

Cute enemies aren’t unique to the Mario series, or even Nintendo games – this juxtaposition in design can be found throughout the video game industry, from the early days of arcade and console ...

Check out these classic Mario enemies so annoying that they made us all want to throw the controller. 1) Donkey Kong Long before Bowser came on the scene, Donkey Kong was Mario’s most famous enemy.

With a new enemy, Bowser and his minions turn into sort of zany, silly side characters, and Mario and his pals — especially the many Toad inhabitants of the kingdom — get to shine.

The release of Super Mario 3D All-Stars got us thinking of all of the scary, chilling, and strangely terrifying creatures that inhabit these normally-cute worlds.

Super Mario Odyssey only scratched the surface.Make their spikey balls bounce off of whatever they hit. By doing that their gameplay could revolve around hitting multiple switches or enemies with ...

In their panel – aptly titled 35 Years of Stomps – panelists Neal Ronaghan, Zach Miller, Justin Berube, and John Rairdin made their case for what their ultimate top ten Mario enemies would be.